I got an answer!!

So, after nine business days of waiting for an answer, I finally got one! I got a phone call from a nice man named Ken that was able to answer my question.

I've held off on posting what my actual question is... now that I have gotten an answer, I'll post the question.

Hi!

I regularly ride the 30 bus, southbound, getting on at Blackstone and Shaw. I can not figure out why, for what is supposed to be a 15 minute service 6a-6p weekdays, there is no 5:45pm Blackstone and Shaw bus.

I usually arrive at the stop (from my connection) about 5:42pm, and am forced to sit and wait for the 6pm bus, which is usually a bit late. Meanwhile, I see two northbound busses pass in front of me each day, as they have busses stopping at Blackstone and Shaw at 5:46 and 6:01.

Can someone clarify this for me?

Thank you!

So, the answer I got from Ken is -- budget. They send the Northbound bus back to the yard after it reaches the end of the NB line at Blackstone and Nees. They don't have the budget to send it back SB.

I didn't really understand this, as the bus has to go south to get back to the bus yard. Ken explained that it is a much quicker trip to just send the bus directly back, instead of making a full trip.

This seems a bit silly and wasteful to me. They are expending the gasoline to drive the bus back to the South end of town. But, I can understand that the labor costs would be higher.

He seemed to understand my frustration that there were two north bound busses that pass in front of me every day, while I wait 20 minutes for the southbound bus. I also explained that the southbound bus is usually extremely full when it arrives at Blackstone and Shaw at 6pm. Yesterday I boarded the bus with 15 other people.

So, any thoughts on the bus system that you want to share?